My position is that copies are the same consciousness. (Or at least start out the same. Diverging experiences creates unique individuals almost instantly.)

That’s exactly what I said. (Although with the addendum that it can be fun to nitpick and debate over; you don’t have to follow the real world’s rules when debating a hypothetical. I remember one debate/discussion that I enjoyed that started with the counterfactual assumption “Santa Claus is real and immortal, and…

Are you arguing that consciousness is or is not constant during sleep? My position is that consciousness is interrupted during sleep, specifically during the dreamless portions of sleep.

I think we’re arguing on the same side now. I agree with what you have stated.

To answer your questions (from my perspective):

I’m slacking off on my work...

That’s not what happens in this teleporter. It destructively copies the pattern, then writes it into a new set of atoms. The pattern only exists as data, a configuration. At one point, it’s in the original brain. Then, it is in the computer, being “emailed” to the destination. Finally, the destination uses its digital…

...If you’re talking about “Mr. GoHD”, (Yes, I know that’s not his name. It’s spoiler protection.) then you forgot to mention that you can lock yourself out of that battle. Here’s a tip for those that have (and those that haven’t, too.): Take the hard road after the battle, then listen. They’re still just as…

That image gives basically no information about the final boss. Good luck figuring out anything based on it! (The final boss usually looks very different. That’s also not a spoiler, as no character looks anything like the final boss at all.)

The identity of the final boss isn’t revealed; they look much different for the rest of the game. (Essentially, consider this a “super mode” transformation).

Yes, the non-conscious parts are still running during a dreamless sleep. The point is that your consciousness isn’t.

Yes it is. It’s one of the four fundamental forces. (Gravity, Electromagnetism, Strong Nuclear and Weak Nuclear)

Sure, in that case I would probably take the slow route. (Or more likely, not show at all. Mars is actually kinda boring, you know. Not worth the year+ travel time at all. The Wi-Fi sucks, too. It’s a reasonable bandwidth, but 20 minute+ ping times are just ridiculous. Multiplayer games will end before I’ve gotten the…

Because the pattern that makes you “you” is unique. My brain has approximately the same total atoms as yours, but our patterns are very different. It’s why we’re unique, despite sharing ~99.9% of our blueprint!

The presumption was in how the fictional teleporter worked. In thought experiments, we are actually allowed to presume that our fictional technology has the properties we want it to have. Also, extradimensional is much different than metaphysical. If it has measurable, predictable effects, it’s within the bounds of…

Our bodies are just objects, just meat. Our thoughts have physical form in the pattern of signals in our brains (and the rest of our neurons). Our consciousness is a property of that pattern, and can be copied by copying the pattern.

And what about during the dreamless portions of sleep? Our consciousness isn’t running at all during those parts.

Our cells cycle atoms constantly, it’s a basic property of life.

All of them.

Who gives the orders, in the end? And why should the others accept them? Or will you try ruling with a council of 1,000,000?